For some, Thanksgiving, is one of those family traditions where the clans gather and eat themselves silly with wonderful home cook recipes, and where...
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You've seen the video tape, the girls battling it out, and then one, punching, hitting, pulling hair from behind – a stunning display of...
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In the same vein as it takes years to develop players, it takes years for coaches, refs, and clubs to “see” the subtler, yet immensely...
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When in Missouri collecting fossils with my father, he stopped me in the strong sunlight, gestured across a area of foot-high yellow grass and said,...
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At some general level, coaches are both classicists and romanticists: As classicist they see the world primarily as underlying form, and as...
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All coaches are apprentices to the beautiful game. But unlike medieval apprentices, when coaches graduate to “master” after serving their...
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These are like gems, to be polished and finished and set into sequence; each step, an entity unto itself, each with multiple facets. So file this away...
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Well, approaching this is like peeling an onion skin: Each layer gets you closer to the sweetest part, but if you’re not careful in how you go...
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When scouting for the right soccer environment, it helps to think like an ecologist who is looking for a clearing in an old forest. When an ecologist...
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The busy season for soccer is the Spring, where coaches and clubs are focused on their summer training camps, tournaments, and their fall preseason....
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